Braeside station
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Location | 10 North Saint Johns Avenue Highland Park, Illinois 60035 | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 42°09′10″N 87°46′21″W / 42.1528°N 87.7726°WCoordinates: 42°09′10″N 87°46′21″W / 42.1528°N 87.7726°W | ||||||||||||
Owned by | Metra | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
Connections | ![]() Green Bay Bike Trail | ||||||||||||
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Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||
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Fare zone | E | ||||||||||||
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2018 | 410 (average weekday)[1] ![]() | ||||||||||||
Rank | 117 out of 236[1] | ||||||||||||
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Braeside is a railroad station in Highland Park, Illinois serving Metra's Union Pacific North Line, in the Braeside neighborhood of Highland Park. It is located at 10 North St. Johns Avenue, just off Lake Cook Road. In Metra's zone-based fare schedule, Braeside is located in Zone E. As of 2018, Braeside is the 117th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 410 weekday boardings.[1] Cook County Forest Preserves' Turnbull Woods and William N. Erickson Preserve are adjacent to the station, and the Chicago Botanic Garden is a mile away. Braeside Station has a warming hut on the inbound side of the track.
The station is named after a nearby school. The station consists of two platforms and a waiting room/warming hut, but does not contain a ticket agent booth or restroom facilities. Northbound trains stop on the west platform and southbound trains stop on the east platform. Trains go south to Chicago’s Ogilvie Transportation Center, and as far north as Kenosha, Wisconsin.
As of 2022, Braeside is served by 23 inbound trains and 21 outbound trains on weekdays, by 11 trains in each direction on Saturdays, and by eight trains in each direction on Sundays.
Bus connections
- 628 Braeside Shuttle Bug 8
- 629 Braeside Shuttle Bug 9
- 640 Braeside Station/Commercial Avenue Shuttle Bug
References
- ^ a b c "Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count: Summary Results Fall 2018" (PDF). Metra. April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2019.
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